By; Stephanie Holland I could use a play on words and explain the reason this last post in our A to Z Blogging Challenge is late by saying something about forgetting to do it.The truth is that it’s a difficult subject to…
read moreBy: Stephanie Holland Usually the private and public sector operate on extremely different levels with different agendas. Private companies are guided by the bottom line (for profit) or their mission and board (non-profit). Government entities function within a larger bureaucracy, bound by…
read moreBy Mardra Sikora Today we are using a word found in the urban dictionary, a term derived from fiction, however the threat is still real. I confess, I have scrapped and re-written this blog about 10 times. It’s not easy stuff to…
read moreBy: Stephanie Holland Those of us with adult children know that we, as a society, have come a long way in terms of advocacy and services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD); but we also know that we still have…
read moreBy Mardra Sikora In some ways, we in the Down syndrome community are our own village. This last March 21st organizations and individuals reached out to unknown friends and presented them with random acts of kindness. A lovely introduction to our village….
read moreBy Susan Adelman In its essence the United Nations (UN) is a family, a family of nations. And at the heart of its millennial missions is the family. As a result, for 2015 an emphasis on the family motivated the UN to…
read moreBy: Stephanie Holland How do you get current research, answers to questions, and access to experts out to people in the community? Can you do it without the costs associated with travel? How do bring physicians, researchers, teachers, and families together to…
read moreWe are less than 100 days away from the Special Olympics World Games and Los Angeles is getting ready to host this great event that will be televised on ESPN and feature athletes from around the world. In an interview with Spain’s…
read moreBy: Liz Plachta – Co-founder of Ruby’s Rainbow “Together we can do so much.” That should be the Ruby’s Rainbow mantra. In fact, in thank you’s, Facebook post and everything in between I have many times used the quote from Helen Keller…
read moreby Michael Bryant of Global Down Syndrome Foundation with a few notes by Mardra Sikora “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” – Albert Einstein As recently as 1983, a person with Down syndrome was barely expected to live into…
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